Naruto: Crossing the Still Water, Starting from the Blind

"Orochimaru, I want Hashirama's cells."

In the dimly lit secret room, after Ruoshui stated his needs succinctly, he quietly waited for Orochimaru's response.

Orochimaru propped up his arms with one arm, and inserted his fingers into his hair. His face was much calmer than expected.

He had roughly guessed it before.

Because the other gods had made a brief appearance in the Uchiha during the Warring States Period. Unfortunately, because the information was not clear, the only two shots the Eye Opener had were given to insignificant beings, otherwise the history of the ninja world would most likely be rewritten.

Facts have proved that only the cells of Senju Hashirama can control the eyes of other gods, otherwise other gods will be just short-lived eye skills.

This can't help but make people think.

Senju and Uchiha come from the same lineage of the Six Paths. Perhaps the genetic mission given to the Eye-Opener is to reunite the scattered bloodlines.

Orochimaru's current research has not yet touched upon the true meaning of the Six Paths, but this does not affect his 'sensibility' for the truth, and he has a direct glimpse of the mysterious door called 'truth'!

Orochimaru turned his cheek, stared at Shisui, and said in an incomprehensible voice: "Demand is ambition, Shisui-kun, what is your ambition?"

Ruoshui lowered his eyes and looked at the flickering candlelight: "Ambition...is this answer important?"

Orochimaru smiled slightly: "It's very important. If you just want to continue your other gods and let Hashirama cells become a 'plug-in' in your body, it couldn't be easier. Just like Danzo's right arm I can achieve a certain degree of transformation tonight, but it also means that your achievements in Hashirama cells will end here..."

Ruoshui: "How do you say that?"

Orochimaru: "Hashirama cells have a strong backlash against receptors, and their mechanism of action is similar to that of cancer cells. Therefore, there are receptors that have the conditions to transplant Hashirama cells. From the moment they receive Hashirama cells, their own cells will produce a response to them." The 'suppressor cells' of Hashirama cells, this is the truth behind the so-called 'suppression of Hashirama cells'."

"However, the total number of cells in the human body is limited. Self-cells, Hashirama cells, and suppressor cells coexist and reach a delicate balance, which is a successful Hashirama cell transplant."

"In addition, for a very small number of receptors with amazing talents, half of their own cells will gradually assimilate with the pillar cells, and the other half will become 'suppressor cells'. The final result is that their own cells will completely disappear, and the ternary balance will become Binary balance, half intercolumnar cells and half inhibitory cells in the body.”

"Yes, those who obtain Hashirama cells through transplantation can obtain at most half of the power of the first generation Hokage! Because suppressor cells are permanent, which means that no matter how hard you try, you can't break through half of the bottleneck... …”

"I see……"

Through Orochimaru's analysis, Ruoshui figured out many things, and also raised new questions: "Is there... a way to obtain Hashirama cells other than transplantation?"

Orochimaru smiled and said: "Some... through 'transgenic' technology, you can genetically modify your own cells into Hashirama cells, thus skipping the production process of suppressor cells. However, the risk is also that of transplantation." Just dozens of times!”

Ruoshui stared: "Have you done similar experiments?"

Orochimaru recalled with his eyes: "I have done it. I remember the first time. It was more than ten years ago. I found sixty newborn babies and transplanted Hashirama cells on them. Unfortunately, only one child was lucky. Survived..."

Damn, isn’t that Yamato!

Ruoshui remained calm: "Ah, I have heard about this. The child later survived and was taken under Danzo's command. His code name was 'A', but what you just said was 'transplant', right?"

Orochimaru explained: "What I did was a transplant, but the 'transgene' was accidentally triggered. Probably because the recipient was a baby... When I learned that the child was still alive, I immediately conducted targeted research and perfected the genetic modification. Technology, unfortunately... there are no more successful cases!”

Ruoshui Xin said: In other words...except for Yamato who accidentally hit it, there has been no success in this experiment so far, right?

There is another question, and it is too crucial.

Ruoshui: "Yamato... no, A, since that child is the successful one of Hashirama's transgene, but according to what I heard, his wood escape power seems to be far from Senju Hashirama."

Orochimaru smiled and said: "Genetic modification is also based on 'cells'. The Hashirama cells used for the child are a degraded version. The purity is only one-fifth of the original cells. This is also the fundamental reason for his success." .”

"Or it would be more appropriate if I put it another way. That child is the experimenter who succeeded in genetically modifying the degraded Hashirama cells. His theoretical limit is only 20.00% of Hashirama-sama's!"

Is there 20.00%?

Ruoshui was suspicious. He had not seen Yamato himself, let alone Yamato's Mudun. The reference standard was what his good friend Lin Yu said: "The first generation of Mudun conquered the world, and Yamato Mudun did greening."

In fact, it is true, but Yamato himself cannot display it. During the Fourth Ninja War, Bai Jue Fei used "Yamato" as the core, which also completely stimulated Yamato's potential. At that time, Fei borrowed the power of wood escape displayed by Yamato to be called a Thousand Hands. Hashirama’s 20.00%!

Orochimaru: "The real power of Hashirama's cells is the addition of immortal power by using the body to trigger several times of leverage. That is the power that can calm troubled times. With the child's 20.00% level, he cannot bear the power of immortal magic." In terms of strength, the threshold is 50.00%, huh, so although the child's theoretical limit is [-]% of Hashirama-sama, his achievements are probably not even [-]% of the first Hokage-sama!"

"But there is no doubt that the child is a successful transgenic. The evidence is that he is more like a flesh-and-blood human being compared to other transplants of columnar cells. The skin of other transplants all showed unnatural whitening. This is where it falls. take……"

Ruoshui's eyes were downcast: "I understand..."

He originally thought of adapting to Hashirama's cells step by step, and finally reaching Hashirama's achievements, but now it seems that it is simply not feasible, and it is tantamount to killing future achievements for the sake of immediate interests.

Is it through 'transplantation' to use limited Hashirama cells to control other gods and use a copycat version of Wood Release Ninjutsu, or is it through 'transgenesis' to completely turn his body into a Senju Hashirama!

The risks and rewards...are all there.

Is it theoretically dozens of times more risky, and there are no successful cases?

If he fails, the light he just gained will be lost, but if he succeeds, the light he can see will be incredible.

Hahahahaha... This is countless times more exciting than betting on Argentina losing to Saudi Arabia in the World Cup!

then……

"Orochimaru, you asked me about my ambition, right? My ambition at this moment is to obtain the complete power of Senju Hashirama who can calm down the troubled times!!"

Orochimaru's vertical pupils suddenly burst into light.

"Oh, oh, oh, this is, this is really... hehehe, then the question is, Zhisui-kun, what benefits can I get?"

The corner of Ruoshui's mouth raised: "I can't give you anything while I'm alive, but if I die, you can just take my eyes. How about you take a gamble? If you lose the bet, your work will be in vain. If you win the bet, you will make a lot of money..."